Show case



'May 11 .1926.

F. A. KILBOURN SHOW CASE H I I HI HI HH Fileddan. 2, 1925 iii Patented May 11, 1926 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK AUBREY KILBOURN,

F CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.

SHOW CASE.

Application filed January having to leave a customer to find goods stored 111 a basement or upon a high shelf will be obvious.

In the accompanying drawings it is sought to illustrate how this may be accomplished, using one of the many means available for this purpose.

Fig. 1, is a vertical section showing the sales fioor and the room below in which the raising and lowering mechanism is installed, it also shows the show case and the balancing means. Fig. 2, is a front view showing fragmentary portions of the show cases on the sales floor. Fig. 3, is an enlarged horizontal cross section showing the guide rail and wheels traversing the said rail. Fig. 4:, is an enlarged vertical elevation of a portion of the rail and show case units, showing particularly the guide wheels in relation to the show case units and rails.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The show cases a, are of a height ap proximating thatof the store from floor to ceiling, and as, in the most stores this height 2, 1923. Serial No. 610,350.

would make the goods in the uppermost portion 01 the case inaccessible, the show cases are suspended in units and may be lowered through thefioor it, into the room below.

F or this purposes cables I), are connected to p the tops of the units a, which cables pass 4 over pulleysc, and have balance weights 0?, attached to their ends. Rails e,-are provided to guide the show cases, which rails extend from the ceiling of the store. to the floor of the room below, suitable rollers f, being '4 mounted at intervals'upon the show case units a, to traverse the said guide rails. Each show case unit is provided with a s uitable, controlled lifting unit 9, which device raises or lowers the showcase unit a, to the desired position for the display of goods or stock- Any portion of the show case unit may therefore be brought to a convenient position. A screen 2', is provided to conceal the cables 6, and the pulleys c, which screen is hung from the ceiling of the store.

What I claim is 1 A sectional. vertically extending merchandise holder havingshelves therein, said holder being of sufiicient height to extend from the floor to approximately the ceiling of a salesroom and means for independently and bodily loweringeach section of said. holder through the floor of the room in which it is placed so to place the normally inaccessible shelves in the upper parts of the holder within convenient reach.

FREDERICK AUBREY KILBOURN. 

